1989 PC800 was like that. In 1990, they went to magnets. I have a 1990 and 1994.
On Tue, Nov 6, 2018, 12:09 PM Darin Hatton <darinhatt...@gmail.com wrote: > My daily rider is a 1983 gl650i silverwing. Non runner when I got it. > Stator went out, pulse advancer coil went out and head gaskets. After all > that it runs great and like I said, with 64k on clock it is my daily. > Nighthawk charging system is field coil (supplies magnetic field) instead > of permanent magnets. This is where the problem lies. My experience, what > little I have, is all with permanent magnet types. My 81 cb400 hawk is > permanent magnet type also > > On Tue, Nov 6, 2018, 11:09 AM EGrider <gevan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Interesting. I don't personally know what a field coil is, but on the PC >> and Goldwing (at least, maybe others) you just start the bike, turn the VOM >> to AC, and read the output off the 3 wires. I believe each should be around >> 6 volts AC. This then goes to the R/R, which changes it to DC and dumps >> excess current as heat. PCs have a lot of charging system issues since the >> stock R/Rs have no cooling fins and are tucked away under the tupperware >> without good air flow. I'm changing to a MOSFET with fins as preventive >> maintenance, but I'm retaining the original wiring so that I can just plug >> my OEM R/R on the road in a pinch. I do a lot of long-distance trips, and >> the PC is great for that if it keeps running. Other than the electrical >> issues, they are 100K mile bikes. But this is the Nighthawk forum. I still >> have my Nighthawk, a lighter, nimbler, peppier bike. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nighthawk_lovers/YeS_ODBx-wA/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
